Growing up on a sheep station in NSW, I have a passion for rural areas and love working with the the people that live in them. They are the most hard working, honest and amazing people to work with. I was never great with sheep work and especially never had the patience for it, so being a rousey or working on the farm wasn't really an option for me! My creative mind needed more than that red dust.
I have been printing shearing singlets for around 13 years now for my customers - which we outsourced from another great Australian business. As our printing business (www.inkandthread.com.au) grew we started to outgrow what we could get in stock, so I decided to start a brand that I could design and tailor to our exact needs, which became "Just Shear".
I love colour so the first thing was to have bright colours & some different patterns. So we started with the diagonal pattern with contrasting colours. Our first launch was a range of 10 colour mixes. The most popular still being our Grey/Orange singlets.
Orange Grey | Shearing Singlet
$28.00
Our singlets are great quality, with a t shirt type fabric so it doesn't over-stretch the 80/20 cotton/poly blend is hard wearing. Please check measurements to make sure you get the right fit - the best way is to lay… read more
I then decided there needed to be a more colourful choice for long tail hoodies. This was one of the biggest roadblocks with outsourcing, there wasn't many choices on the market especially colour wise and the quality of finish wasn't what I was wanting. So I started designing our hoodies in March '17. I took them to Pooncarie Field Day to launch & sell. Every lot of new colours & sizes sold out before they were in stock! Literally couldn't keep up to orders, pubs were selling out in 2 days of the hoodies with their logos that we printed on them.
Grey & Black | Half Zip Long Tail Hoody
$65.00
Get your amazing new hoody today. With the thickest fabric you won't need to wear too many layers underneath. Standard sizing with long arms so no need to wear a Large just for arm length if you are a small. … read more
So 12 months later we are ever expanding & ready to launch our new winter range for 2018.
2020
We won a Big Plugs for Small Business award for Just Shear, this meant we got our name up in lights on the big screen at the Gold Coast Round 17 Game. With Just Shear logo around the fence and a corporate dinner - with Just Shear being mentioned in the players speech. Was an amazing experience!
Fast forward to 2023
Here in 2023 we now have 4 x 20ft containers FULL of stock! We are growing rapidly and still adding to our range. We have laser cut wool bale stencils now as well. We have also added embroidery to our range. There is more coming to Just Shear's story!